Bothered

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim is joined by actor, comedian, writer, Emmy nominated filmmaker, and Oscar shortlisted documentarian Kiran Deol for an episode about rage, revenge, AI, dating apps, corporate nonsense, and the deeply insulting experience of fighting a giant system just to get $14 back. Kiran talks about being a natural hater, why the word "content" bothers her, why big tech and...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee for a hilarious and surprisingly honest conversation about social contracts, road rage, public behaviour, and the exhausting pressure of being the bigger person. Paul opens up about learning to manage anger, being recognizable in public, why bad drivers make him lose his mind in the privacy of his own car, and the very...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined live in Toronto by Jasmeet Raina, also known as Jus Reign, for a funny, sharp, and surprisingly heartfelt conversation about being a proud hater, getting mistaken for Jagmeet Singh, show business people doing too much, therapy, family boundaries, Late Bloomer, Fox News accidentally turning his real nose into a story, and the airport security...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Lainey Lui for a very funny, very specific, and deeply bothered conversation about white mahjong, golf course men, microaggressions, Asian women being expected to stay nice, revenge stories, celebrity culture, and the tiny social moments that somehow become lifelong grudges. From Lainey's rage at trendy mahjong sets to Julie's story about...

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim sits down with Dan Mangan for a funny, thoughtful, and surprisingly heated conversation about fragile masculinity, fake alpha energy, bullies winning, raising better boys, and the strange way art can say the things people are too afraid to say out loud. Dan is a two time JUNO Award winning singer songwriter, composer, and performer from Vancouver, known for hi...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is live in Toronto with award winning director Justin Wu for a funny and honest episode about movie theatre etiquette, being underestimated, getting mistaken for the assistant when you are actually the director, Asian representation in film and TV, industry assumptions, and the small social behaviours that somehow become full emotional sagas. Justin t...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by Ryan & Amy for a chaotic and painfully relatable episode about texting back, scam calls, Vancouver crows, cold strangers, group chat etiquette, and the tiny social rules that somehow turn into full emotional sagas. Ryan is bothered by friends who take 24 to 48 hours to reply like they disappeared from society, Amy brings peak bothered ene...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim sits down with actor, producer, director, and certified screen stealer Yvonne Chapman for a very funny, very real conversation about bad job interviews, corporate sexism, Asian representation, taking up space, and the moments that make you wish you had said something sooner. Yvonne shares the unbelievable story of a CEO who turned a job interview into...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is flying solo with a travel story that starts with one simple rule: the middle seat gets both armrests. What should have been a normal flight turned into a full airplane etiquette showdown when an entitled passenger took the armrest, dismissed Julie's point as "garbage," grabbed her phone to read the proof, and later let his knee creep into her seat...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week, Julie Kim is joined by bestselling author Jen Sookfong Lee for a funny, honest, and painfully relatable conversation about beauty standards, aging, Asian family comments, motherhood, social media perfection, and why women are expected to keep fixing themselves while also pretending everything is fine. From Botox, fillers, cottage cheese, looksmaxing, and everyo...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week Julie Kim sits down with legendary Canadian comedian, actor, writer, and Corner Gas creator Brent Butt for a smart, funny, and surprisingly timely conversation about road rage, why the bad guys seem to be winning, how comedians survive brutal gigs, and what actually keeps him bothered these days. Brent talks about his famously dry version of road rage, old schoo...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. This week Julie Kim is back with a solo episode about a heckler at her Whitehorse comedy show who somehow convinced himself she was into him. Julie breaks down the full story, what actually happened on stage, why this kind of behavior is so absurdly familiar to women, and how the internet reacted after she posted the clip. From late show chaos to male delusion to the comm...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. In this powerful live episode, Julie Kim sits down with Esther Hwang to unpack what it really means to speak out against a major institution. Esther shares her experience navigating a deeply personal and difficult situation, the moment she decided to go public, and what happened after the story hit the news. From institutional response to public pressure, this conversatio...

Get ready to be BOTHERED Julie Kim is joined by Tamara Taggart for a powerful LIVE conversation that begins with a deeply personal story about being dismissed and not taken seriously, and quickly unfolds into a gripping journey through health, advocacy, and trust. What starts as feeling "off" turns into a life altering discovery, as Tamara shares how being told "all women feel like this" nearly co...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim is joined by Olivia Cheng (Warrior, Marco Polo) for a conversation that starts with a shocking real-life body check in Vancouver and spirals into stories about public aggression, social tension, and the subtle ways people cross the line. From sidewalk confrontations to drive-thru chaos, Olivia breaks down how these moments build—and when to stand your ground ver...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim is back with a brutally honest and hilarious breakdown of the most ridiculous, clueless, and straight up annoying hater comments from season one. From being told she "overthinks everything" to people denying racism exists, Julie claps back at the internet with sharp insight, comedy, and zero patience. This episode dives into everyday microaggressions, the mental...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim dives into a parenting debate that is blowing up online: are sleepovers actually safe anymore? From cautious boundaries to full on bans, Julie unpacks why more parents are saying no to overnight stays and shares a truly unhinged story of receiving a text from a complete stranger claiming "I'm with your child." What follows is a chaotic breakdown of modern parent...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim is wearing a Vancouver Canucks jersey and talking about body checking, but not the kind that happens on the ice. This episode dives into shocking viral clips of adults elbowing and knocking over children in public spaces and why random acts of aggression seem to be everywhere online right now. Julie also shares two personal stories of being violently shoved by s...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. International Women's Day is Julie's favorite holiday, and this year she is revisiting one of the most outrageous Women's Day gaffes in British Columbia history. From corporations flipping logos upside down to a resort CEO telling women to "go clean some rooms and do some dishes," this episode unpacks cringe worthy apologies, public downfalls, and why some leaders still d...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Julie Kim may or may not have turned herself into human carry on luggage to avoid excess baggage fees at the airport. From bending airline rules to strapping belongings onto her own body, this episode is a chaotic travel confession about airport anxiety, budget hacks, and how far we will go to avoid paying extra. If you have ever played Tetris with a suitcase at the check...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Summer camp registration is basically the Olympics for moms and this year Julie signed her kid up from a hot yoga class in Moncton while 900 parents sat ahead of her in a digital queue. From melting phones and downward dog stress to coordinating with other families, overnight camp FOMO and the invisible mental load that somehow always lands on women, Julie unpacks why mom...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. With Lunar New Year around the corner Julie Kim revisits a moment that still annoys her years later when a local politician showed up at her door and confidently wished her a Happy Chinese New Year in the wrong language. From being constantly mistaken for something she is not to schools politicians and even Google blurring the lines between Lunar New Year and Chinese New...

Get ready to be BOTHERED. Fresh off a comedy festival and reflecting on more than a decade in stand up Julie Kim opens up about confidence earned the hard way the ugly moments that stick with you and what it really means to belong in comedy. From early career insecurity to a passive aggressive comment that changed how she saw herself on a national stage Julie unpacks race gender scarcity and resil...

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim breaks down one of those airplane moments that makes absolutely no sense. While seated in an emergency exit row, Julie realizes the responsibility for opening the exit door has been assigned to a woman who looks about 100 years old and barely holding on meanwhile a fully jacked capable guy sits comfortably in the aisle seat with zero responsibility at all. Jul...

Get ready to be BOTHERED as Julie Kim breaks down a playdate moment that felt way too pointed to ignore when a mom and her daughter suddenly started speaking French to each other right in front of her. Julie spirals through the awkwardness of being left out in real time the weird social power plays adults swear are not happening and the question every parent has asked at least once am I overthinki...